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GAR GOUPLING.

No.- 361,141. Patented Apr. 12, 1887.,

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JOHN COUP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOUR'IH TO ELIZABETH M. CARRINGTON, OB SAME PLAGE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPIECIPICATION forming part of Letf.ers Patent N0. 361,141, dated April 12,1887.

App'lication fi1ed September 23, 1886. Sen'n] N0. 5.14338. (N0 model.)

the United States, residingatz New York, in the county 0f New York a.nd State 0f New York, have invented certain new and nsefullmprovements in O-ar-Oouplings; andI do hereby declare the f0'110wing t0 be a full, clear, and ex acta description 0f the invention, such as will enable ot-hers skilled in the art 110 which it appertains t0 make and use the same.

This invention relates t0 car-conplings, and has for its object-a the construction of a coupling provided With a hook adapted for engaging with a cam and a. link for engagement With 01- dinary draw-heads provided with a pin.

The inventioh is designed as an improven1ent on the sbyle 0f couplings known as the Coup coupling; and' ib consists in eert-ain constru'cbions hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a. parta of this specificatipn, Figure l is a perspective showing the hook in position for automatie coupling and the link hanging down. Fig. 2 is a p1a.n view; Fig. 3, a side view; Fig. 4, a vertica1 cross-seclzion online x .7q, Fig. 2; Fig. 5,'a perspectiVe 0f the front end of the draw-head; Fig. 6, an end view of the palletshaped cam; Fig. 7, a side vieW 01" the hook; Fig. 8, a plan view 0f the l ink; Fig. 9, a side view 0f the assembling-pin. Fig. 10 represents opposite end views of jnhe aetuatingwheel, and Fig. 11 a side view 0f a key for holding the cam anc1 the several parts in position 0n the assembling-pin.

Reference being had t0 the drawings 'and the letters marked thereon, A represents 0ne 01 the rear section of the draw-head, the front; endet which is provided with semi-cylindrical seab a.

B is the front section, the rear end of which is provided with a projection, I), corresponding with the seat: in the section A.

wit-h a eylindrical re cess, e, in which is a fixed' projection, f, with which the Ing (l engages when the wheel G is rotated. The opposite side of the wheel G is provided with an eceentric cam, g, which engages with the eye h 0f the hook D, and from the periphery of the wheel projects a 111g, z, which engages with a. projection on the hook Din the present instance with the rib j 0n one side 0f said. hook for raising ib out; 0f engagement with the cam F 011 an adjacent car. The detail construetion and operation of the several parts referred to 2ue fully shown and deseribed in my application N0. 188,180, filed January 11,1886, and. the novel features thereof are therein c1aimed.

'Ihe n0ve1 features 0f construction in this application relate 130 means f0r operating the link for coupling With cars provided witah drawheads having the ordinary eoupling-pin, and were originally presented in my application hereinbefore referred to.

On the rear end of the hook D is forn1ed a Ing, k, which projects laterally from the inner side thereof. The upper end, k, of seid 1ug strikes the upper end of the groove l in the side of the fronb sect-ion, B, of the draw-head, and supports the hook in position for automatic coupling, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

WVhen 113 is desired t0 attach a car to a train thab is not provided wit;h my automatic compling, but witl1the ordinary pin-coupling, the acLuating-wheel G is revolved, and the lugz' 011 the peripheryof said wheel engages Wi'h the projecting rib j on the hook and carries it1- up until the lower edge, Z, of the Ing k strikes the link E, when the further revolntion of the wheel G Will carry the hook D rearwardly and the link into the position in which both the hook'and link are shown in dobted lines in Fig. 3. The 1ink Eis then in position for engagement with an ordinary pin-coupling. It will be observed that when the 1ink is in position for coupling, the hook D is thrown back out of the way, so thab it1 cannot interfere with the train-men while in the ach 0f coupling, and that when the hook is in position for automatic coupling the1ink is susPended vertically fr0m the pin 0 a nd cannob interfere With the hook. After the cars as bhns coupled have been uncoupled, and it is desired to prepare for engagemeni: with my automatie coup1in g, the

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wl1eel G is rota.ted in bl1e reverse direction, wl1en tl1e lag k will strike tl1e opposite side 0f the projectionj z1nd carry tl1e hook D forward until it; assumes che, position shown in full lines in Figs. 1, 2, und 3, wl1en in is ready f0r Serv1ce.

I am aware filmt heretofore couplings have been providecl witl1 a l1ook and 21 1i11k f0r alternate use, and I (l0 11011 therefore broadly clnin1 such a constrnction.

Having thns fully described n1y invention, what I claim is- 1. In n car-couplinga link mountcd np0n a trnnsverse pin in tl1e dmw-l1ead, in combt nation Witl1 an actnating-wheel and a 1100k having a lateral projection f0r engaging wibl1 said link, snbstantially as described.

2. In a car-coupling, 21 link mounted npon 21 trz1nsverse pin in tl1e draw-head, in combination wibh an actnating-wheel having 21 projecting Ing 011 its periphery and 21 hook 112W- ing lateral projections 0n opposite sides f01 en gagement With said link and said Ing 011 tl1e actnating-wheel, snbstantially 215 described.

3. In 21 ca1-conpling a dmw-l1ead having a groovc in one side thereof, in co1nbination with 21 l1ook having a lateral projection on the rea1 end thereof, said groove and projection being arranged to support; the hook in position for automatic coupling, substanbially as described.

4. In 21 car-coupling, 21 l1ook provided with lateral projections 011 opposite sides of ibs ax1's 21m1 011 opposite sides of ehe hook, in combination with 21 link und an actuating-wheel provided With 21 Ing f01 operating said hook, substantially as dcseribed.

5. In 21 car-coupling, tl1e combination 0f 21 1ink, E, a 1100k, D, provided with 21 laterallyprojecting lug, 7c, and projections j, an actaating-whee], G, l1z1ving a peripheral Ing, i and an assembling-pin, substnnlaially as described. In testimony whereof I alllx 1ny Slgllallll' 111 presence of two witnesses.

JOHN COUP.

\Vitnessesz EDMOND O. BROWN', J. M. BOWEN. 

